GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[MWB]

Interesting you say that.... I'm not a bit DFH fan either, but upon reading the description it sounded really interesting so wanted to give it a try.

[Wrangler98]

Just picked up the following:
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Scuttlebutt 10 Below
Old World Russian I,peril Stout
Young Double Chocolate
Reindeers Revolution
Dogfish Head Immort Ale

YES! Excellent choice.

SS is good too.

[Wrangler98]

Picked up quite a bit today:

Pliny the Elder
Russian River Blind Pig
Russian River Consecration
Mikkeller Weasel (brewed with Civet coffee)
Pretty Things Babayaga
Founders CBS (second bottle, to age)
Dogfish 120
Peche Mortel
de Struisse Pannepot


MWB - Not a huge DFH fan, but Immort Ale is one of their best beers. Outside of Palo Santo Marron, it's probably my favorite.

Palo Santo Marron is awesome. 12% abv and it tastes great.

You got a CBS and 120 at the same time? That's impressive. That's really really impressive. Where did you get both of them at? I'm aging my 120, waiting for my 21st birthday.



Right now I have a "Skull Splitter" I'm about to drink. Hard to find out of Scotland. 8.5%.



VERY GOOD. 11 bucks for a 4.

[MWB]

Just picked up the following:
Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Scuttlebutt 10 Below
Old World Russian I,peril Stout
Young Double Chocolate
Reindeers Revolution
Dogfish Head Immort Ale

YES! Excellent choice.

SS is good too.

Yeah, SS is probably my favorite beer. Haven't tried any of the others (except maybe the Youngs). I'll be starting in tonight on this list.

[Eismann]

Right now I have a "Skull Splitter" I'm about to drink. Hard to find out of Scotland. 8.5%.

Giant Eagle, Route 8.

/Sherlock Holmes

[UVM2003]

Palo Santo Marron is awesome. 12% abv and it tastes great.

You got a CBS and 120 at the same time? That's impressive. That's really really impressive. Where did you get both of them at? I'm aging my 120, waiting for my 21st birthday.



Right now I have a "Skull Splitter" I'm about to drink. Hard to find out of Scotland. 8.5%.



VERY GOOD. 11 bucks for a 4.

Aging the 120 is a great idea. I have an '07 in my cellar, awaiting the right time to open it. It's definitely a gimmick, but certainly something that beer geeks should try at some point.

The CBS was a gift from the shop owner to me. I love bourbon barrel stouts, and I've had the CBS, but since it's so limited and rare this year it was definitely a very nice surprise. I find that I prefer the KBS to the CBS, but I'd like to do a vertical tasting with both. The CBS is a touch sweeter, due to the maple bourbon barrels used to age.

I must say, your taste in beer given your age is impressive. Good for you.

[topshelf]

I picked up a sixer of Dundee Festive Ale the other night. Not bad for a 'Winter Warmer'. Very drinkable, yet nothing earth shattering. Just a very drinkable beer.

To jump into the Sam discussion, I am with some of you: for the hype Sam Adams carries, the product isn't that impressive. I used to work for a distributing company here in Florida, and we carried Boston Beer, as well as many other high end crafts (DFH, Bells, Harpoon, Terrapin, Stone, Rogue, etc.), and we would hear all the time from various reps how much of an *** Jim Koch is, and how difficult their company is to deal with. Apparently those in the craft circle do not respect the man, as he basically grew his company from borrowing ideas from other craft brewers. These aren't my words, and this is not my opinion, just something that I heard over and over again during the 3 years I worked with the distributing company. But in regards to his beer, the one's I have liked were: Stony Red Brick, Cherry Wheat (draft), Chocolate Cherry Bock, and Wee Heavy. The Cream Stout is decent, as is the Octoberfest and a few odds and ends that come in their variety packs. I was definitely not impressed with Noble Pils, Summer Ale, Blackberry Witbier, and Infinium.

I did hear from one of my old co-workers that Sam is revamping 2012's Spring beer, which will be a Wheat IPA.

[Kraftster]

Picked up Delirium Noel, Celebrator, Anchor Christmas, Breckenridge xmas, dfh hellhound, and a sixer of victory moonglow yesterday.

[count2infinity]

I've wanted to try 120 minute for a long time now, but I can't find it anywhere (been looking since just before thanksgiving)

[shmenguin]

i finally found st bernardus christmas ale. i'm in beer nirvana at the moment.

need to go back and buy a case...should only be a little over 100 bucks

[shafnutz05]

http://lionbrewery.com/home/brewery/home/

Going to my first WBS Pens game on March 24th...how have I not heard of this brewery before?

[Kraftster]

Picked up Delirium Noel, Celebrator, Anchor Christmas, Breckenridge xmas, dfh hellhound, and a sixer of victory moonglow yesterday.

I wasn't all that impressed with Delirium Noel.

[shafnutz05]

I really didn't like the Anchor Celebration Ale this year. I don't mind hoppy beers (love Hop Devil), but I just found it to be way, way over the top bitter and piney.

[count2infinity]

I really didn't like the Anchor Celebration Ale this year. I don't mind hoppy beers (love Hop Devil), but I just found it to be way, way over the top bitter and piney.

maybe i'll need to try that then... i love over the top bitter and citrusy/piney.

[Kraftster]

I really didn't like the Anchor Celebration Ale this year. I don't mind hoppy beers (love Hop Devil), but I just found it to be way, way over the top bitter and piney.

Huh. I had heard that this year was very malty.

[shafnutz05]

Maybe it was just the pine then. Either way, I wasn't a fan.

[Wrangler98]

http://lionbrewery.com/home/brewery/home/

Going to my first WBS Pens game on March 24th...how have I not heard of this brewery before?

We have that, it's very rare someone asks for it though. Did you have it? how was it?

[pfim]

Had Abita Turbo Dog last week, dark brown ale, quite tasty.

[shafnutz05]

http://lionbrewery.com/home/brewery/home/

Going to my first WBS Pens game on March 24th...how have I not heard of this brewery before?

We have that, it's very rare someone asks for it though. Did you have it? how was it?

No I haven't had it, just found this on a random Google search. I think I've heard of Lionshead, just in a random spot in Wilkes-Barre

[DocEmrick]

Is Sierra Nevada's winter ale, Celebration, any good?

[shafnutz05]

I really didn't like the Anchor Celebration Ale this year. I don't mind hoppy beers (love Hop Devil), but I just found it to be way, way over the top bitter and piney.

Huh. I had heard that this year was very malty.

lol in light of Doc's recent post, my apologies. I was thinking of Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale, not Anchor. Anchor's holiday serving is pretty solid, it was the Sierra Nevada I couldn't stand.

[DocEmrick]

Damn. Guess that's a no go

[Eismann]

Had Abita Turbo Dog last week, dark brown ale, quite tasty.

Looks interesting. I'll be on the lookout for that.

[Kraftster]

I really didn't like the Anchor Celebration Ale this year. I don't mind hoppy beers (love Hop Devil), but I just found it to be way, way over the top bitter and piney.

Huh. I had heard that this year was very malty.

lol in light of Doc's recent post, my apologies. I was thinking of Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale, not Anchor. Anchor's holiday serving is pretty solid, it was the Sierra Nevada I couldn't stand.

lol. That makes much more sense. I don't care for SN because of the fact that all of their offerings have to have a high level of bitterness, it seems.

[Kraftster]

Had Abita Turbo Dog last week, dark brown ale, quite tasty.

Looks interesting. I'll be on the lookout for that.

Its very good. I had Turbo Dog with my spicy jambalaya at NOLA in Market Square. It was a pretty nice pairing.